Back in 1992, an all-star roster of musicians, including Lou Reed, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young and Eric Clapton, gathered at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the three decades that had passed since Bob Dylan’s debut album. A recording of the concert hit stores soon after and has now been remastered and reissued on CD, DVD and Blu-ray as “The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration: Deluxe Edition.”

In addition to new notes from music historian Bill Flanagan, the video versions add 40 minutes of previously unreleased backstage footage. The CDs, meanwhile, include two bonus tracks recorded at rehearsals, Sinead O’Connor’s take on “I Believe in You” and Eric Clapton’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright.” The concert took place two weeks after O’Connor’s controversial “Saturday Night Live” appearance, when she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II. The Dylan crowd booed O’Connor off-stage before she could perform the song.

The concert holds up remarkably well and offers a nonstop parade of big names, with John Mellencamp, Johnny and June Carter Cash, Chrissie Hynde, the Band, George Harrison and Dylan himself offering more highlights.

Rolling Stone recently reported the next Dylan archive release may be a set of outtakes drawn from “Blood on the Tracks,” the legendary album he recorded in New York with producer Phil Ramone and then re-recorded in Minneapolis with local musicians. Some of the unheard material includes Dylan’s solo acoustic renditions of several songs captured during the first days of the New York sessions. The source told Rolling Stone: “They’re very different than anything that’s been heard before and they’re very special.”

As for the 30th anniversary concert, it’s one of few officially released live Dylan shows available on DVD. “The problem is there’s no market for this stuff. We waited too long. There’s no DVD market these days,” the Dylan insider said.

Still, the unnamed source said there is plenty of professionally shot footage in the vaults that may come out someday, including a May 1976 Colorado show that aired on NBC, the Toronto stop on Dylan’s 1980 gospel tour (some of which can be seen on YouTube) and a 1986 Australian gig with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers shot for HBO. Another possibility is a documentary using footage shot during Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour from 1975 and 1976.

IN THE CLUBS

First Avenue’s club night Get Cryphy celebrates its sixth birthday by graduating from the Record Room to the main stage Friday. The four-man DJ crew — Plain Ole Bill, Jimmy 2 Times, DJ Fundo and Last Word — kicked off the year by joining Atmosphere for the “Welcome to Minnesota” tour. For the anniversary show, all four DJs will spin eight turntables, and the night will include guest appearances from New Orleans’ Big Freedia and Baltimore rapper Spank Rock. To preview the gig, the crew just uploaded a 40-minute mix to their Soundcloud page that features more than 200 songs remixed, cut and chopped with fresh verses added by locals like St. Paul Slim and Mally.

Speaking of Atmosphere, the Minneapolis duo finally confirmed details of their long-awaited eighth studio album, “Southsiders.” They recorded it in Oakland, Calif., and South Minneapolis, the neighborhood of the disc’s title. Rapper Slug promises it’s a “very detailed look at my life.” It’s due out May 6 and is available for pre-order at iTunes and through Minneapolis’ Fifth Element. The first single, “Bitter,” is now streaming online. Expect a full tour to follow.

Former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty is revisiting one of his fan favorites, the “Question Jar Show.” He first tried here in 2007, when he not only played requests from the crowd but also answered questions written by audience members and dropped into a jar: “No question is too weird, no topic is taboo!” Doughty enjoyed it so much, he released a live album drawn from 2009’s run of “Question Jar” shows. This time, he’s playing two shows a night at the Dakota Jazz Club for three nights starting Thursday. If you’re looking for a question to ask, Doughty recently announced he’s working on a stage adaptation of the Book of Revelation.

The Cabooze is paying tribute to Aretha Franklin on Saturday, a few weeks before she turns 72. The evening will feature Franklin’s hits and some hidden gems covered by a crew of local musicians and singers that includes Jamecia and Paris Bennett, Ginger Commodore, Kathleen Johnson, Ashley Commodore, Yohannes Tona, Cory Wong, Brian Ziemniak and Brandon Commodore.

A Minnesota native, Ross Raihala joined the Pioneer Press as pop music critic in 2004, after stints at The Forum in Fargo, N.D., and The Olympian in Olympia, Wash. He covers local and national music as well as some theater and other arts and entertainment topics. His favorite part of his job is reviewing, and live tweeting, Twin Cities arena concerts. And, yes, he saw the same show you did.

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